Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1887-08-04

WIN n. Badgett il in 50 louis
Miss Mabel wsshbourne is At Eureka
springs.
q W Green is at " smith, witness in
the scrugs case.
-. n. Stevens is at Hot Springs because Of
an attack OF neuralgia.
-Grayson Wills and wife started for West
Virginia the nrst Of the week.
Capt. Jackson arrived here Wednesday on
q return trip from Gooseneck.
II NJ. Title came home from Fort smith
last week and remained few days. lie has
not yet had his trial.
indian Inspector n s. Gardner. with whom
the writer has had some very pleasant experi-
ence. was here sunday.
Fred Kelley, who has been suffering with
an attack Of malarial fever, started Tuesday
night for Muscatine, lows.
Mrs. NJ y. Milford has gone on visit 10
her husbands home at n Dorado, Kansas,
and will be absent some weeks.
Mr. n. skinner goes TO Eureka Springs this
week TO establish his family in comfortable
quarters for the hot weather. lie will be alb
sent bu. few days
Ben Chouteau started for California last
Thursday morning via. a Missouri Pacific ex-
clrsion which passed that day Hewill spend
two months OF more with old acqua aintances
Dd visiting old scenes.
FoRr SMITH COURT The grand ju-
ry was discharged after being in ses.
sion twenty-five days and finding one
hundred and fifty-four indictments. ,ss
Black lloyt was sentenced TO one
years confinement in the prison at
Little Rock. His offence consisted in
stating to-a Missouri Pacific conduct
or that he was United States officer,
while going from this town TO Musko-
gee in company, we believe, with Ar
Cunningham. .Sam Brewer, the man
with neither hands nor feet, got like
term for assault.ss. Baxter Prather,
larceny, was acquitted. - Silas Hamp-
ton aud Seaborn Green, who had been
found guilty Of murder in the fret de-
gree, were sentenced by the court to
be hung on the 7th of October, 1887. "a
Julia Bell, for selling whisky without
license, was fined 500 and sent to
Jail for thirty days. TT. r. Knight
and the rangers, James Brooks and
Henry Putz who were convicted with
him for the killing of st. John, have
been denied a new trial and been com
mitted. The Fort Smith Tribune,
speaking Of this case says: Every
body looks upon the trial and
conviction as an outrage and it is real
ly triumph for the worst elements in
the nation. II there was no law for
the order that Knight was enforcing
he is not responsible and ought not to
,be made to suffer for the errors Of his
superiors." -. In the grand jury's re.
port is found the following: mot
withsianding the stringency Of the
law in regard to introducing and SELL
ing intoxicants in the Indian country,
we find that about ninety-ive per cent.
OF the criminal matter presented us is
directly or indirectly traceable to in.
toxicanis as the cause. Our action in
these matters has been positive and
emphatic, and while we are aware oil
the diligence and ability of our worthy
U. S. marshal (CarroD and his deter
mined aud efficient force Of deputies,
We believe the herculean duties devolv.
ing upon him aud his staff required foi
the suppression of crime too great an,
hazardous for the force employed anC
inadequate to cope with the powerful
odds against them-the whisky peddlei
and the.fends it makes Of Indians, whC
otherwise would be peaceable and wei
behaved people. The sacrifice Of good
aud brave IL too great for the good &C
complished. Without whisky ano
weapons the solution of the question
would be comparatively simple. w,
deplore Abe fact that white men ans
women are the principal offenders ii
both the introducing and sale of in
toXicants, aud we see no remedy tha
would be entirely eheetual short of nj
arming the inhabitants Of the Indiar
country, prohibiting the maufactur,
of fintoxicants, or backing the sturdy
and brave marshal and staff by U.
troops"
. Wanna